Open AccessCirculating tumor cells in whole process management of gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a real-life setting
Author(s) -
Qiang Zhang,
Kangjing Xu,
Ming Chen,
Yi Miao,
Nuofan Wang,
Zekuan Xu,
Hao Xu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_24_20
Subject(s) - medicine , stromal tumor , stromal cell , pathology , cancer research , general surgery
Liquid biopsy is changing the diagnosis and treatment strategies of various neoplasms. However, the circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients with different disease process are not clear. To better understand the dynamic change of CTCs in GIST patients, we conducted a real-life setting study.